Top 10 Bible verses about Friendship
#1 Seek to become someone's TRUE friend
Proverbs 18:24 NIV
A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
#2 Walk With The Wise
Proverbs 13:20 NIV
He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harms.
#3 Stronger Together
Proverbs 27:17 NIV
As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another
#4 Seek to have loyal friendships that last when tested
Proverbs17:17 NIV
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity
#5 Choose your friends carefully
Proverbs 22:24-25 NIV
Do not make friends with a hot-tempered man, do not associate with one easily angered, or you may learn his ways and get yourself ensnared
#6 The power of two!
Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 NIV
Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work; If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!
#7 The Greatest Friend is God
James 4:8 NIV
Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded
#8 A caution for friendship - Don't run wild...Following the world.
Proverbs 12:26 NIV
A righteous man is cautious in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.
#9 Encourage - Friends serve as encouragers, messengers, & advisor's
Proverbs 15:22 NIV
Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.
#10 Sacrificial love for friends demonstrated by Jesus
John 15:13 NIV
Greater Love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.